“The Crown” launches its fourth season Sunday on Netflix, marking the final installment that will star Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II before she passes her throne on to Imelda Staunton for the remainder of the British royal family drama’s run.
And though fans have yet to see the farewell performances from Colman and her co-stars, including Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth’s Princess Margaret and Tobias Menzies as the queen’s husband Prince Philip, “The Crown” stars wrapped shooting long enough ago that they’ve already said their goodbyes to their bittersweet iconic characters.
Well, for some it was just “bitter,” as Bonham Carter joked during an Aug.